Atlanta Police Officers Richard Halford and Shawn Smiley killed in chopper crash looking for missing 9 year old. (Photo credit: APD)
The Atlanta Police Department officers killed in a chopper crash in Atlanta have been identified as Officers Richard Halford and Shawn Smiley. The officers were killed just after 10:30 p.m. Saturday night near the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, while officers were looking for a missing nine year old boy. Witnesses said the chopper fell out of the sky, hitting powerlines as it came down, WSB-TV reports. The boy, identified as Javare Shakir-Fulford, has since been found safe.
